ENGL 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Paradigm Shift, Ogu People, Carl Linnaeus
12 Sep 2016
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This is a cultural, social, and scientifically artifact (what would it be like growing up at "the bottom of the universe [south america]" then the "top of the universe [england]") The map we know that puts north america on top was created by gerhardus. Canada can be seen pink because that was the colour that britain used to denote what countries it owned. When land mass is calculated, it takes up 20. 3% surface area whereas north. America only takes up 16. 3% yet in gerhardus mercator"s projection of the world, africa looks as if it can almost fit within north america because it has been rendered bigger than its true size. Maps foster the idea that perhaps land is "free for the taking" - the world has become a consumable object for private consumption (i can fold the world into my pocket on a piece of paper) Makes things look differently than they do when we are there in the flesh.
